ARLINGTO Arlington FB405 Pan Ceiling Fan/Fixture Mounting Box 4.25 Inch x 2.315 Inch 6 Cubic-Inch

all right i've got this light fixture and it's a nice light fixture but it's in my master bedroom and i want to replace it with a fan what i'm going to cover in this video is specifically how to know when the box in the ceiling is capable of supporting a fan that's what we're gonna talk about coming up [Music] welcome to handy dad tv i'm chris heider your virtual dad in the cloud and today i'm gonna investigate a couple of ceiling boxes in my house to see which ones are capable of supporting a fan it's not a trivial thing you don't want to just hang a fan on a box that's intended for a regular light fixture because fans are heavier and they've got moving parts that could really cause injury if they fall this is an actual but extreme example of a fan that was not installed properly and it fell out of the ceiling this was sent to me by one of my fans and you can see it's just hanging by t